[Health care workers: the importance of adapted physical activities]

Abstract

Adapted physical activities (APA) in the workplace improve workers' health. Paradoxically, APA remains marginal in the very places where improving health is the central objective of health care workers, namely clinics and hospitals. Promoting physical activity in the workplace is a twofold challenge. Not only does PA improve the health and well-being of caregivers, but it also allows them to be more effective in their daily work with patients.

Keywords: activité physique adaptée; adapted physical activity; bien-être; burnout; health; prevention; prévention; santé; stress; well-being.